Teaching Philosophy: “Mildly Discreditable?”

Here’s Raymond Geuss, a  philosopher at Cambridge, discussing the profession of teaching philosophy: I have what I have always held to be a mildly discreditable day job, that of teaching philosophy at a university. I take it to be discreditable because about 85 percent of my time and energy is devoted to training aspiring young [...]

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Met’s 2010-2011 Season Announced.

Met Opera 2010-11 Season Announcement

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University Challenge: Nerd Friendly!

It’s like a sport for nerds (by nerds), but without the actual physical movement. Today was the first “sudden death” scenario I’ve seen – pretty exciting 30 seconds there:

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A Serious Disapointment

Over the weekend I finally got a chance to see the Coen Brothers latest release, A Serious Man.  My initial reaction to the movie was a moderately enthusiastc “Meh.”  However, after I started thinking about it I found myself becoming a bit annoyed and this morning I woke up thinking the film was a total [...]

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The Number Twelve Does Not Look Like Anything Anymore.

Sadness. Apparently The Number Twelve Looks Like You broke up – all of my awesome t-shirts are useless now. New Jersey is not going to be the same. Now it’s just stinky and gloomy.

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The Sex Life of Immanuel Kant

In light of the awesome BHL scandal, would anyone be interested in investigating whether an English translation of this book exists? And if it does not, is there any interest in such a translation? It’s only about 95 pages and could be a breeze if enough people are interested.

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Harvard Ethos: Insanity?

So Amy Bishor’s defense is likely to be some form of insanity defense: Huntsville attorney Roy Miller sat down with WHNT NEWS 19 just minutes after visiting Bishop at the Huntsville Metro Jail. He revealed some startling new details about the case that has grabbed national headlines. “I just think the case speaks for itself,” [...]

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I Knew It!

Our world may be a giant hologram DRIVING through the countryside south of Hanover, it would be easy to miss the GEO600 experiment. From the outside, it doesn’t look much: in the corner of a field stands an assortment of boxy temporary buildings, from which two long trenches emerge, at a right angle to each [...]

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BHL Fiasco Explored Further: Frédéric Pagès Interview

From a recent Observateur: Une interview exclusive du créateur de Botul. Frédéric Pagès: «Bernard-Henri Lévy a lu mon livre avec un ventilateur» Tandis que Bernard-Henri Lévy et quelques bonnes âmes s’obstinent à présenter « la Vie sexuelle d’Emmanuel Kant » comme un livre « très crédible », le créateur de Jean-Baptiste Botul, Frédéric Pagès, répond [...]

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The Chronicle’s Take on the Shooting

Some more details of the shooting are coming out, but some of the comments to the CHE article are sort of bizarre. Plus the front matter leans toward the interpretation that tenure denial was the main trigger point while offering advice: That essay – Commentary: How To Handle Tenure Denial – should be very short: [...]

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